Traffic tips for your weekend

Got somewhere to be in St. Louis this weekend? Here are a few traffic notes from the Missouri Department of Transportation and Metro.

From MoDOT:

Ongoing work on the double-deck of Interstate 64 in downtown will close westbound lanes for a portion of the weekend.

All lanes of westbound 64 between Broadway and 21st Street will close Friday at 10 a.m. Crews will re-open one lane between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday for the Race for the Cure. After 10 a.m., the lanes will be closed until 3 a.m. Monday. The ramps from 10th and 14th streets to westbound I-64 will remain open.

Detour for the closure is Interstate 44 to Jefferson.

Two lanes on eastbound I-70 between the Blanchette Bridge and the Earth City Expressway will be closed between 7:30 p.m. tonight and 5 a.m. Monday. Two ramps will be closed after 9 p.m. tonight, but traffic going to and from Verizon Wireless Ampitheater should not be affected.

To accommodate the Race for the Cure, Metro is making the following schedule changes:

MetroLink trains will run every 7 minutes between Fairview Heights and Forest Park-DeBaliviere until noon on Saturday, and every 15 minutes east of Fairview Heights, between Forest Park and Lambert, and Forest Park and Shrewsbury, also until noon on Saturday.

There will be extra ticket staff at high-traffic stations

Popular Park-and-Ride lots will fill quickly, so arrive early or consider alternatives, such as the Brentwood/I-64 garage, or Swansea and East Riverfront in Illinois.

Some Metro Bus routes will be detoured because of the Komen race. Those are detailed here - look for a re-route labeled"Run."